Permabit History
Permabit was founded in 2000 when several visionary MIT engineers sought to bring to market solutions that could keep pace with the exploding amount of digital information. With Permabit Enterprise Archive, first launched in 2004, the company delivered a massively scalable storage solution that incorporated complex technologies in the areas of data efficiency, retention, management and protection. Permabit developed these groundbreaking technologies in house, advancing the science of the storage software and have been awarded 28 patents to date.
Permabit proved and seasoned these advanced solutions to high-end enterprise customers. Since then, the company has launched the Albireo family of products which focus on licensing Permabit data efficiency and management innovations to OEMs.
From home storage appliances, to specialized high performance enterprise storage and cloud services, Permabit Albireo software massively improves performance and efficiency of data creation, transmission and storage. Today, solutions built with Albireo are delivered by leading hardware, software and service providers. Products and services that incorporate Albireo technology include:
- Backup to Cloud Services
- Cloud Object Storage Services
- Cloud Virtual Desktop and Server Services
- Data Protection Appliances
- Enterprise Backup Software
- Enterprise Flash
- Enterprise SAN
- Enterprise NAS
- RAID Controllers
- SOHO Storage Solutions
- SSDs
- Virtual Environment Backup Software
Milestones
The story of Permabit is a story of advancements in the storage industry. The timeline below outlines important milestones in that advancement:
2000
Permabit founded – initial focus on cloud backup technology
2004
Permabit releases Permabit Enterprise Archive
2006
First patents issued
2007
Permabit introduces RAIN-EC data protection
2008
Permabit introduces multi-petabyte Enterprise Archive solutions
2009
Permabit introduces Cloud Storage Solutions for Service Providers
2010
Permabit launches Albireo Software Development Kit
2011
Permabit launches Albireo Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO)
Permabit breaks 400 GB/sec performance barrier for deduplication
Permabit receives 27th patent